Biology:Pilodeudorix virgata

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix virgata
Pilodeudorix virgata.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. virgata
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix virgata
(H. H. Druce, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Kopelates virgata H. H. Druce, 1891
  • Hypolycaena gracilis Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix virgata, the small green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south, east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13376594 entry